After a month of Barack Obama’s town hall meeting, Dick Costolo stepped down as CEO. NEW YORK: Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive and hateful replies to US President Barack Obama during the May 2015 #AskPOTUS town hall meeting, the media reported on Friday. According to a report, Costolo asked employees to deploy an algorithm which was built in-house to filter out abusive language directed at... 

Day six of the Rio Olympics 2016 was another mixed bag for India. The mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna and the men’s hockey team sealed the quarterfinal spots, even as India’s campaign continued to be haunted by setbacks in archery, boxing and women’s hockey. Here’s how India fared on day six of the Games. Badminton India’s Saina Nehwal returns a shot against Brazil’s Lohaynny Vicente during a women’s... 

Riteish Deshmukh plays a street rockstar and romances Nargis Fakhri in Banjo, directed by eminent Marathi filmmaker Ravi Jadhav (Natarang, Balak-Palak). Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri in Banjo. After sleepwalking through his role in the sex comedy Great Grand Masti, Riteish Deshmukh is back on screen, this time, with a solo hero film – Banjo – directed by Ravi Jadhav who has directed multiple National Award-winning Marathi films such... 

Put away that kala chashma, if you want to watch southie siren Tamannaah Bhatia’s hot dance moves scorch the dance floor in Abhinetri teaser. Tamannaah Bhatia in stills from Abhinetri. You thought Katrina Kaif was the only one capable of killing it with her super-flat abs and fab jhatkas and matkas? If you did, well, you have been terribly wrong. Southie siren Tamannaah Bhatia is here to scorch the dance floor in her upcoming trilingual film... 

Recently news was going around that an Android bug named QuadRooter had affected close to 900 mn Android smartphone users. According to Google, users should not worry about this threat. While Google acknowledges the reported threats, it says that the company’s Verify App feature on the Play store already blocks the apps that are trying to take advantage of the QuadRooter. Speaking to Android Central, Google spokesperson gave this statement, “We... 

File images of Irom Sharmila and PM Narendra Modi. Within hours of each other, two significant images unfolded on television screen this Tuesday; images that captured the colliding narratives defining Indian politics and society today. One image was of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the other, of Gandhian activist Irom Sharmila. The two personalities represent studies in contrast — not merely in how they carry themselves, but also in how they... 

NEW DELHI: Chinese Internet firm LeEco plans to hire about 1,100 engineers for its Indian R&D centre by 2017. In January, the company had announced that it would set up its research and development centre in India. LeEco India to hire over 1,100 engineers by next year A majority of these hires will be from tier I engineering colleges like the IITs and the NITs across the country, LeEco said in a statement. LeEco had organised a freshers’... 

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) (A Govt. of India Undertaking), Kolkata invites applications from qualified, talented and energetic Indian Nationals for recruitment of following Managerials Positions in various disciplines. The Online registration start from 10th August 2016 and close on 10th September 2016. About: GRSE Ltd. is one of the premier Defence Shipyards enjoying the Mini Ratna, Category – I status and contributing... 

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav, cleared to participate in the Rio Olympics by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), has finally flown out to Brazil, five days after the quadrennial event began on Saturday, but well ahead of the wrestling bouts, which have been scheduled for 19 August. File image of wrestler Narsingh Yadav. Having acquitted him last week, the WFI and NADA decided that the 27-year-old wrestler... 

Bombayla Devi raise hopes of an Indian medal after qualifying for the pre-quarters in women’s archery. Jitu Rai failed in his favourite event, the 50m pistol shooting, as India’s medal drought continued in Rio Olympics 2016 continued on Day 5. Bombayla Devi qualified for the archery pre-quarters to give some cheer. India’s medal drought continued on Thursday. Shooter Jitu Rai’s failure to qualify for the 50m pistol event was...